I'm just gonna flat out say that I don't like this show.
Lucky's powers have been more positive than negative. He saved the first 3 Kyurangers out of the blue, he pinpointed 3 additional Kyurangers on nothing more than sheer coincidence, and he had a literal deus ex machina both save him and grant him powers.
Not having his luck powers save him in the climax of this episode doesn't really create any balance. We'll how often it does and doesn't get him out of predicaments as the show goes on.
However, I'm already banking on him getting his sun/moon form by fucking stumbling over it on a planet or something.
His catch phrase is grating because he uses it too often (It's not inherently bad, but simply him constantly spouting it is a problem), he's somehow unaware of the presence of Jark Matter and needs it explained to him despite the series establishing that they rule most of the universe, and his personality is cut and paste. It's not any worse than other "Fireball" reds, but that doesn't inherently make it better, nor does it mean that I have to like him.

The characterization given to the initial 3 is minimal.
I can't get any real beat on any of them. Hammy and Champ suffer especially since their roles are "Be in the scene." Spada, aside from food puns (Which isn't a character trait), does have some moments to display an actual character. What that character is, I can't tell you.
Raptor being the straight laced, mission minded pilot is easy to pick up and is ripe for expansion. Short tempered, and all that. Not even a ranger yet.

Garu's backstory was not only too fast to care, but also incredibly generic. As a character, I assumed he would be the unwilling warrior, but that was thrown out just as fast as his history.
Balance and Naga did get more substantial. By not flogging the episode down, they gave enough to know their desires and how it'll be expanded on. They got more characterization because they were more over the top in portraying them.

The cherry on top, though? We already know we're getting 2 more rangers minimum. This show better do a damn good job balancing portraying a base cast of 10 as it goes on...

The action is not impressing me. I liked the body cam on Ookami Blue this episode, but otherwise, I'm not seeing anything creative. I'm hoping as the roster expands (Or as characters get more defined), their fighting styles will become more stylistic and fun to watch. The mecha is dire and I'm not sold on it. I did enjoy Naga and Balance's voyagers manually removing Hammy and Spada's, though. Very fun.

We're 2 episodes in, and it's presenting all of it's problems right away.
Most series have a hard time juggling a cast of 6, usually giving 2-3 members the shaft in terms of characterization.
I'm surprised the next episode isn't about something weird happening to Raptor, just to crank out all 9 by episode 3.

Why is my quote in there like I was judging you?! :lol

Dude, I said this s*** once:

I'm not any stranger to sending the wrong message myself. :p

Well, you know what they say, expect the worst, hope for the best.

Oh his catchphrase is extremely grating. I wouldn't even think of defending it. The only good point I can think of is that at this rate, I'm really looking forward to the Youtube compilation video after the series is over. :lol

Considering all your perfectly valid criticisms, this seems like an exceedingly minor point to bring up. He didn't know about them for about 5 minutes of the first episode, and now he does.

I guess this is just the big difference in how people like Lucha and me are looking at things versus you. I'm seeing things long-term and brushing off what I see as minor writing hiccups. There were probably less strange ways to establish Lucky is kind of dense, admittedly.

*obligatory "it also doesn't mean you have to NOT like him!"*

I guess part of the reason I've chilled out on Lucky already is because the way the show is using him, he almost seems more like a supporting character than our main hero for the year. Like this episode was really clearly Balance and Naga's story, and he's just there to get the pieces in place.

Hammy is extraordinarily bubbly, hence why she constantly laughs at inappropriate times.

Champ is your stereotypical brutish fantasy warrior character who's all about beating up bad guys in the name of "justice!".

It's not much, but it's there.

Which hopefully means it's all uphill from here. I mean, I'll be kind of embarrassed if I'm giving the show all this credit and it turns out to actually be pretty bad down the line. :lol

Right now, though, it honestly seems like Kyuranger has a pretty solid plan behind it. If I can't convince you, hopefully the show will sooner rather than later.

I honestly can't believe I'm arguing this! :lol

What I officially posted was, "sad to hear that so many of y'all don't feel the same way." Is that not fair?

Sorry, I'm really just frustrated with everyone automatically leaping to the most negative possible interpretation of people's statements here.

And Fish, no offence meant, you were backing me up!

Pretty much like all save any time Red opens his mouth lol. Really liking the Mecha. I loved the forced limb change as well as gold and silver's robot modes.

Let's be honest, it's not like any other tokusatsu show hadn't had something like this, it's just that now there seems to be an actual reason for it. I mean lets look at Ex-Aid's first episode for example:

• Emu happen to stumble upon Asuna

• Emu patient happen to have the Bugster Virus

• Emu happen to turned out to be this legendary gamer that they were looking for

Or a more related example, Zyuohger:

• Yamato happen to stumble upon the Link Cube

• Yamato happen to have the Champion Symbol

• Yamato happen to be able to use the Champion Symbol despite not being a Zyuman

Like I said, this stuff happens all time .

Those last two actually did have a good reason though. One that involves Yamato being in the right place at the right time, because dramatic convenience is an integral part of any story, but still, it's a far cry from "oh hey, some meteors!".

Unless Lucky's luck is meant to be some big mystery too, but they haven't remotely suggested that yet.

First of all, phrasing like that you could literally turn any happenstance into lucking out on X or Y.

Next, all of Yamato's actions and motivations aren't purely based on "I have good luck, therefore, I'll just coast through life with whatever my naturally good luck throws at me."
Also, 2 of those points: Yamato had the cube and Zyuman powers for 10 years. It was brought up, questioned, and explained.

Which came in the later episodes. I'll admit the line "it's just that now there seems to be an actual reason for it" was probably a bad wording choice. Of course these things were going to get explained at some point or another, it's just that Kyuranger hasn't gotten to that point yet. I mean it took Ex-Aid like how many episodes to suddenly bring up the fact that Emu being able to use the Gamer Driver was an anomaly or give a reason for his personality shifts in and out of battle. Maybe they will give explanation for Lucky's good luck or maybe they won't, but my point is that what he has done with his luck isn't any different from other shows and just like how those shows later gave explanations for what happened, Kyuranger will (hopefully) give some as well.

I liked it. And I'm generally not a Sentai guy. Last one I remember watching was Gekiranger and in all honestly the campiness of this show is pretty much along those lines.

I like the idea of watching a multi-race Sentai group. Its pretty cool and the suit designs are much more eye-catching that the suits of the Sentai that came before.

Maybe its good enough for a filthy casual like myself.

Not a bad episode, but not great either. I really love the chemistry between Naga and Balance, but Lucky is already starting to get on my nerves. He is already joining Ban and Daigo as being one of the worst red rangers ever. He is obnoxious and loud while also having a character shield on max at all times.

All I'm going to say is that if you find "That's Lucky!" an annoying catchphrase, you might have a Super Mega problem.

Daigo was never as much of an issue to me as Takaharu from Ninninger. Talk about easy winning. Nothing ever phased Takaharu's character. Lucky is basically Takaharu 2.0. With more shouting. So much shouting.

The only reds I ever felt actually had a challenge was Marvelous and Right. Marvelous because he had a goal, but he was so surly about it he didn't care who was in the way. Right because he actually created his own mirror enemy.

It's how he Mr Perfect and everything goes his way that makes me think of Daigo. Daigo could sneeze and and upgrade would come his way. Lucky is acting the same way.

Marveous was great, as are Ryo, Geki, Sasuke, Matoi, Kyosuke, Ryuoma, and Tatsuya.

Lucky didn't seem that bad this episode though I was bored through out the episode and been thinking of him as a kid.Though I do miss Yamato.

Must . . Not . . KILL!

We should turn that into a drinking game. :lol

The poll should just be varying differences of the phrase :p

"We at Tokunation regret to inform you that many members died of alcohol poisoning"

Oh God, we have Daigo 2: Electric Boogaloo a-coming.

Much as I hate Daigo, at the very least his actor has charisma. One of the reason Takaharu is one of the worst Red is that not only he is a Daigo clone, but a very bad actor.

And sadly Lucky's acting needs some work, but he is tolerable in this episode. Writers need to learn not to make him shout all the time. Catchphrases cannot be spammed frequently.

And to be honest, I do enjoy this week's episode, far more than Zyuohger. Although back then I did enjoy Ninninger's second episode as well and look what happened.

Lucky's actor seems to be another case of miscasting, I think. The few scenes in the second episode that had him a bit more toned down were actually a lot better than him at his usual self. I think you could easily do a calm and collected character with the "insanely good luck" aspect still there.

For a calmer insanely good luck red, one idea I have is make it someone who follows their gut feeling knowing that it may take him down a dangerous path but the end of the path will be worth it. At least it would be one way where he can always be happy because know there is always a light at the end of the tunnel instead of a kid who gets excited over anything new.

Yeah, I enjoyed this episode more than the first. I find myself really liking Naga. Not Balance, as much as I had hoped, though. Still kinda wish Kamiyan was his va...